He was fostered by John and Frances Allan although he was never officially adopted.
Both of Poe's foster parents, John and Frances Allan, died more than a decade prior to 1847, but Poe's wife, Virginia, died on January 30th of that year.
All four of Poe's natural and foster parents died before Poe.
Edgar Allan Poe's birth parents were David Poe, Jr and Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe. David Poe, Jr abandoned the family probably sometime in 1810, and Elizabeth Poe died in 1811 from an unknown lung ailment while David Poe, Jr died at around the same time, cause unknown.
No, Poe was raised by foster parents John and Frances Allan of Richmond Virginia, who took him in after his natural mother and father died in December 1811. Poe took his middle name Allan from the last name of his foster parents.
No one adopted Poe. He was taken in by John and Frances Allan after Poe's parents died and raised him as his foster parents, but they ever legally adopted Poe.
No, Edgar Allan Poe's parents were not divorced. His parents, actors David Poe Jr. and Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe, were married but both died when Poe was still young. Poe was raised by John and Frances Allan after his mother's death and his father's abandonment.
What happened in Fordham, New York in 1847. Poe's wife, Virginia Clemm, died due to sickness.
It is very likely that Edgar Allan Poe's foster parents both died of consumption, or tuberculosis. The obituary for both Frances (1829, age 43 - 45) and John (1834, age 54 or 55) Allan said they died after a lengthy and (in Frances' case) painful illness.
Edgar Poe was probably his name at birth though there is no surviving birth certificate. After his natural parents died, he was taken in by foster parents John and Frances Allan. They had Poe baptized as Edgar Allan Poe.
David Poe, Jr was 27 years old, and Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe was probably 24 years old.
Poe's foster mom, Maria Clemm, passed away in 1871. She died of tuberculosis in Baltimore, Maryland, where she had been living with Poe.
Edgar Poe was probably his name at birth though there is no surviving birth certificate. After his natural parents died, he was taken in by foster parents John and Frances Allan. They had Poe baptized as Edgar Allan Poe.